Grimmas

Are you doing a Junior division or NOT?????????????

Steiners going this high makes me happy. Hopefully they have a better second run, then their first run in the WWF.

Essentially AJPW is actually going to focus on Junior Heavyweights, which means the FMW Junior Heavyweight Title will remain vacant as FMW is not going to have a separate Juniors division. Too much competition with M-Pro, NJPW, and AJPW joining in.

Vince and Bischoff both thought nothing of him. Heyman thought something of him, but probably more out of friendship. Still, that seems like a pick that would only be made with hindsight. That said, if that is the only ridiculous pick we are good (outside of saving Sid over Bret)

Yeah, as long as they aren't booked elsewhere by bigger promotions for tours and stuff.

Love it. I think I know where Hashimoto is going then.

Staying with NJPW guys, smart. Surprised he's picked over Hashimoto though.

3 hours left on the clock for NJPW, if they do not pick by then. WWF can swoop in and pick next and NJPW can pick whenever they realize it's there turn.

Awesome, we might need Devon Storm to come in and get power bombed to death by The Gladiator!

Planning away and it looks like FMW runs two weeks on and then two weeks off. Those two weeks they run about 10 or so shows. I'm not going to run 10 shows in two weeks, it's just too much for me. Even if a lot of them would just be results. Going to keep with the touring format (FMW has no TV, so tours are the only shows), but I may go with less shows over more time. Maybe 9 shows in 3 weeks and then two weeks off. Something along those lines... just for my sanity. One cool thing is the main title is up in a round robin tournament in September, so that's an amazing starting place for me.

Yeah, Austin really wasn't a hot commodity in late 1995. It was the ECW run in October/November that made people think he may be worth something.

True, but that's missing the point. In 1995, Austin was not this blue chip future star. He was a basic mechanic. Picking Austin this high would be like doing a draft now and picking Sheamus in the first round. Sheamus actually would be a better pick, due to actually having years on top.

Austin isn't going to be a ringmaster or 3:16 in my version. It's not what you are doing with him, it's the fact Steve Austin would be such a high pick in September 1995. Nobody would pick him that high, especially with such talent on the board. Whatever you do with him though, remember he is injured and can't wrestle till sometime in November. Austin could do other things until then, correct? Promos, but too injured to wrestle.

Austin isn't going to be a ringmaster or 3:16 in my version. It's not what you are doing with him, it's the fact Steve Austin would be such a high pick in September 1995. Nobody would pick him that high, especially with such talent on the board. Whatever you do with him though, remember he is injured and can't wrestle till sometime in November.

That's is true. Try to stay within realism as much as possible

M-Pro needs all juniors. NJPW is big on Jrs. FMW had a Jrs division, but never focused on them, so I may have to just cut my loses and ignore them. UWFi had Sano as a centerpiece. AJPW had Jrs but never did much with them, so they may cut their loses too. It will be interesting, juniors are a big wild card in Japan. Especially if WCW wants to go with cruiserweights six months early too.

Stay away from fat and death match guys and I will stay away from shooters. Deal? FMW is in flux at this point with Onita leaving and Arai wanting to focus more on sports entertainment then death matches.. so yeah, I have a bunch of ideas out there, not sure where I am going.

So probably only one pick tonight, will be a busier tomorrow. Probably don't want to jump over Bruno's pick if you are next in line, we did start without warning. Anyway, Hogan #1 makes sense, especially to NJPW. Hogan vs Mutoh and Hogan vs Chono are good main events to build upon. I have an issue where I don't know if I have someone worthy of picking first, I have a bunch of people I want like 2-8 rounds. I'm sure a lot of the smaller promotions are in that boat though. My other big issue is... I don't know what everyone is targeting. I have some folks I really want, but I don't think anybody would actually want to pick them, so do I leave them for a WHILE or do I grab them just in case? I guess we'll see.

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) FMW World Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion: Masato Tanaka FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Champions: Lethal Weapon (Ricky Fuji & Hisakatsu Oya) FMW Indepedent Women's & WWA Women's Champion: Megumi Kudo WWF Women's Champion: Chigusa Nagayo Men's Division: "The Flying Assassin" Hayabusa "Dangan" Masato Tanaka "The Gladiator" Mike Awesome "The Suicidal, Homicidal, Genoical, Death-Defying Man" Sabu Big Boss Man Mr. Gannosuke "Hakushi" Jinsei Shinzaki Terry Funk Hisakatsu Oya Ricky Fuji Daisuke Ikeda La Parka Hanzo Nakajima Super Leather "Mr. Danger" Mitsuharu Matsunaga Koji Nakagawa Katsutoshi Niiyama Horace Boulder W*ING Kanemaru Women's Division: "Extreme Queen" Megumi Kudo Takako Inoue Kyoko Inoue Combat Toyoda Mayumi Ozaki Crusher Maedomori Shark Tsuchiya Chigusa Nagayo Shinobu Kandori

Here is a thread to post your roster and keep it up to date. For history's sake, here is the initial pre-draft promotions info. TIER A PROMOTIONS World Wrestling Federation Owner: Vince McMahon Head Booker: I Broke Bruno's Neck Staff: Jim Ross, Dox Hendrix, Gorilla Monsoon, & Todd Pettengill Original Saves: Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Psycho Sid, & Razor Ramon World Championship Wrestling Owner: Ted Turner Head Booker: Scarlet-Left Staff: Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan, Steve McMichael, Gene Okerlund, Dusty Rhodes, & Tony Schivone Original Saves: Ric Flair, Sting, Brian Pillman, & The Giant All Japan Pro-Wrestling Owner: Giant Baba Head Booker: lowblowpodcast Original Saves: Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, Akira Taue, & Toshiaki Kawada New Japan Pro-Wrestling Owner: Antonio Inoki Head Booker: SirEdger Original Saves: Keiji Mutoh, Koji Kanemoto, Masahiro Chono, & Jushin Liger TIER B PROMOTIONS Extreme Championship Wrestling Owner: Paul Heyman Head Booker: topropepodcast Staff: Joey Styles & Tod Gordon Original Saves: The Sandman, Raven, & Cactus Jack Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling Owner: Shoichi Arai Head Booker: Grimmas Original Saves: Masato Tanaka, Hayabusa, & The Gladiator Union of Wrestling Forces International Owner: Nobuhiko Takada Head Booker: elliott Original Saves: Kiyoshi Tamura, Kazushi Sakuraba, & Yoshihiro Takayama TIER C PROMOTIONS United States Wrestling Association Owner: Jerry Jarrett Head Booker: kevinmcfl Staff: Cory Macklin Original Saves: Jerry Lawler, Terry Gordy, & Jesse James Armstrong Smoky Mountain Wrestling Owner: Jim Cornette Head Booker: Wahoos Leg Staff: Bob Caudle Original Saves: Brian Lee & The Heavenly Bodies Michinoku Pro-Wrestling Owner: Great Sasuke Head Booker: gordi Original Saves: Gran Naniwa, Super Delfin, & TAKA Michinoku TIER D PROMOTIONS East Coast Wrestling Association Owner: Jim Kettner Head Booker: Boon Original Saves: Steve Corino, Billy Kidman, & Devon Storm Revolution Pro Wrestling Owner: Ron Rivera Head Booker: Jesse Ewiak Ohio Valley Wrestling Owner: "Nightmare" Danny Davis Head Booker: ADL

I will make a rosters thread.. I'm not going to post everyone's rosters (too much work to continually edit), but everyone can update there own rosters in it.

Otsuka in. Draft is ready and I am off to the movie

Nagai and Yamamoto were already on the list! Rest added now. I think the list is final and the draft can begin whenever NJPW is ready?

Adding now.

Well... go to the draft thread and NJPW is on the clock then! By the way, off to the movies soonish, so if FMW comes up I won't be picking for a few hours.